Conrad Black: How to fix our broken tax system

How to fix our broken tax system

By Conrad Black From time to time over seven years I have inflicted upon readers some of my public policy ideas, including a partial privatization of the welfare system. The method envisioned is using the tax system to impose a very small and refundable wealth tax to enlist the wealthiest and most financially sophisticated people to assist in job training and creation. It would have to be carefully designed and the taxpayers would have to under…

Conrad Black: How to fix our broken tax system

Frank arrived in this country from Austria in 1954, (four years after Stephen Jarislowsky who was originally from Germany), a worker who a few years later founded his own company which he steadily built up into the colossal auto parts giant Magna. I considered it at the time and still do a misfortune that he was not able to gain control of the German Opel automobile company when it was offered for sale during the financial crisis of General Moto…